Well... hello.

So, this is basically a type of added episode, although it focuses mainly on Beck and Jade rather than Tori and the others.

The story also supports a form of in text referencing. Whenever a (*) is seen in a paragraph, directly under said paragraph some information (mostly vaguely humorous and relating more to the story rather than any outside sources) is written. If you find that you don't appreciate them, feel free to skip it over but please do not complain to me. I understand why it many not be liked (it certainly disrupts the flow, I know) but I've read quite a few books using the same technique and even though I've had to do a bit of backtracking with them I was fine with it as a whole.

Whether or not you like it is not my concern, although any constructive comments regarding this particular style are welcome along with any other form of justified criticism.

There's a tiny bit of course language here, as well as Jade (which really deserves a warning in itself) but its all basically the usual Victorious stuff. I've done my best to lay this out like one of the episodes, and I'm pretty sure there aren't any major spoilers.

Read at your leisure,

Very Sincerely Yours.

A Grade Acting*

(*A Grade Acting being an advanced class that runs for the second semester of every year at Hollywood Arts High and is almost impossible to get into. (a student must be put forward by three other members of the staff as a candidate and is chosen after auditioning multiple times) It is, as it's title suggests, one of the more advanced classes although isn't aimed specifically at seniors.)

Hollywood Arts High-school

Chapter 1- Disturbing Behavior

When Tori, André and Robbie walked into Sikowitz's classroom Thursday morning, without Cat who was busy preparing costumes for A Grade Acting's mid year performance, they would all admit that yes, they were a little late. (A little, in this case, meaning a whole awful lot.) They were surprised, however, and I suppose it would have been their own fault for if they'd been on time they'd have known what on earth was going on, to find that half the class was missing, leaving only Beck, Jade, a few other students whom the group didn't know and Sikowitz himself sitting in a circle on the floor. The three teenagers moved quietly inside, catching their teacher glancing up at them as he finished a passage from one of Oscar Wilde's famous plays, and sat next to Beck, who was lying down with his head on Jade's lap, the latter glaring daggers at Tori as she settled beside them without saying a word. Robbie and André had the sense to look sheepish, both in response to them being the focus of Sikowitz's sudden attention and Jade's less than savory look of pure loathing, while Tori was too busy wondering if Beck was really asleep or if her eyes were deceiving her as they so often did.

Said eyes snapped back to their teacher as he addressed his rouge students.

"Well, well, well, what have we here?"

"We're really sorry Sikowitz," André began, doing his best to move past their late entrance before Sikowitz decided to punish them for it. Before he could continue Robbie cut in, his voice considerably louder than André's, and far more panicked as well.

"Yes, we really are! We had to bring Cat some of her books because she's been upstairs all morning fixing up costumes for A Grade's performance next Friday and she got André to try on this Captain's costume to see if the trim was right and then Tori accidentally broke one of the sewing machines and Rex kept hitting on all the other girls including Mrs Cox, the teacher, and then we were all kicked out and she took Rex and refused to give him back!* But we left our stuff in there and we had to convince Mrs Cox to let us back in and then"-

(*This was something Rex was not at all happy about, although after Robbie's promise that he would be collected after school that very afternoon he grudgingly accepted, realizing that he may very well be left in a room full of cute young sewing students who would not worry about him watching them for as long as he liked...)

Robbie, who's voice had been rising further in volume as he continued, was then cut off by what could only be described as the most petrifying facial expression ever expressed in the history of human kind (which includes the faces of psychotic puppets in R rated horror films) twisting the features of none other that Jade West (because really, who else could do something like that?) and the amateur ventriloquist effectively shut his mouth.

Although, when you think about it, Jade probably got that expression from an R rated horror movie about a psychotic puppet and then adapted it further to her own specifications, therefore leaving the human race with no hope against the finished product which twists her features and scares her classmates shitless.*

(*...oh well.)

The rest of the room stood frozen as Jade's expression melted and she turned her attention on her boyfriend, who was indeed slumbering although had seemingly grown agitated at Robbie's loud, whiny voice, and used black-nailed fingers to gently card through his fluffy hair, effectively soothing Beck and allowing him to sleep peacefully once more.

The rest of the room would all most definitely agree that is was both the sweetest and scariest thing they had ever, and probably would ever witness, in their entire lives.

"Well," Sikowitz continued, choosing to deal with the five delinquent students later and get on to more pressing news sooner, before he forgot or his mother rang him again* demanding something vaguely embarrassing and awfully demeaning.

(*Referring to the phone calls which had occurred at least thrice that morning, first because she'd lost her yellow handbag and expected him to know where it was, then because it was raining outside and finally something about a stray dog with pink mittens, although he'd hung up long before that conversation could come to any form of suitable climax.)

"Because of A Grade's* end of year performance, majority of this class is setting up for their first dress rehearsal* this after noon, all the stage tech and consume students I mean, but the fact still remains that I don't have enough material with which to grade you this year, and so we will be putting on another performance the Monday after next so that your final scores will adequately reflect your skills."

(*This title was said with disdain, both because Sikowitz was envious of the other class' influence and position above his own, even though he was sure his group of misfits could compete with them, and also because, even if they couldn't compete, he should be head of the better class like he deserved instead of the idiot Nottle, who taught A Grade and had long been at war with Sikowitz himself after an incident with a bicycle, a water pump and a fake banana. ...yeah, don't ask.)

(*And why they needed a dress rehearsal so soon, Sikowitz wasn't sure.)

There was a chorus of loud groans, all of which quickly silenced by Jade in the same fashion as before, and Beck continued to slumber peacefully under the vicious protection of his lovably demented girlfriend.

"Sikowitz..." Tori continued, her voice soft so as not to enrage Jade further. "What'll be be performing? You haven't made us study any particular play for over a month."

Sikowitz visibly stiffened, 'umm-'ing and 'arr'-ing in sheepish apprehension.

"I'm not quite...sure."

There was a chorus of raised eyebrows although not so much as a loud, questioning intake of air thanks to Jade's threatening presence*.

(*Sikowitz half considered bribing Jade for her skills in shutting her classmates up in the future.)

"Yes, well, I'll come up with something I'm sure," their teacher continued, "although all the plays that spring to mind have been performed some time or another... I might write my own, it's been a while since I've put my own ideas on stage after all..."

Sikowitz drifted off into a nostalgic daze, eyes bright as he left all his students looking curiously at him and worriedly at each other, wondering whether their teacher was seriously in need of help of just being weird again. Before Tori could address him the bell chimed and Sikowitz snapped to the present.

"Jade, Beck, André, Robbie, Tori, you guys need to stay back a while, the rest of you get out before I kick you out!"

The five or six other students hurriedly stood, all freezing suddenly as Jade's glare caught them again, and then continued to slowly and quietly scuffle out of the room. When the five teenagers were left alone with their teacher, Tori decided to address the obvious question and turned to Jade.

"What exactly"-

She was glared at, and continued in a whisper.

"...what exactly is wrong with Beck? Has he been sleeping this entire time?"

Jade's glare only grew in intensity but before she could open her mouth Cat burst through the door, shouting loudly in greeting and startling Beck awake. Jade jumped to her feet, ready to bite her red-headed friend's head clean off, and both Robbie and André (along with Mr Sikowitz, who was most definitely not on the verge of wetting himself) stepped backwards, not even planning on protecting Cat from an enraged Jade. Tori only had a little more confidence, (not nearly enough, she thought, to step between an oblivious victim and a demented, gothic, ruthless beast) but thankfully was relieved of any potential duties by Beck who, although still half asleep, mumbled his girlfriend's name groggily, effectively startling Jade out of her thoughts*.

(*Jade's thoughts, at this time, being nothing more than murder, maim and destroy.)

"Uggnnn...Jade...?"

Beck rolled over onto his hands and knees, shaking his head free of some of its fogginess with a wince, and blinked up blearily at the rest of the room. He was visibly pale, more so than when he'd been asleep, and his eyes seemed close to bloodshot as he flinched back from the light.

Jade unceremoniously flashed* to his side and placed steadying hands on his back, drawing him up gently and asking if he was okay. He responded with a groan and a muffled, 'fine, I'm fine' to which she hastily stepped back and replied, 'good, cuz I wasn't worried'. He chucked and rubbed his eyes, smiling fondly at his girlfriend's antics.

(*Flashing is obviously not Jade's primary means of transport, but considering this was Beck and she was having trouble hiding her lack of what the others thought of as 'unsavory', 'rude' or down right 'frightening' emotion, flash seemed to be the right verb to use. She would deny this flashing and the reasons behind it afterwards of course, the reasons most definitely being absurd amounts of worry, concern and most definitely crippling fear, instead saying something about blood and worms crawling through Beck's abnormally fluffy hair and the rest of them would shut up and not press their line of questioning further.)

"How long have I slept?"

"Funny you should ask, Mr Oliver," Sikowitz said loudly, lifting his nose into the air in the way that only drama teachers could manage. "It would seem that you've missed my entire lesson, what do you propose I do about that?"

Beck's eyes were incredibly wide by this point, his forehead screwed up as if he were both suffering from a headache and struggling to grasp what he'd just been informed. Jade saw this and turned on Sikowitz, her expression keeping him silent as Beck rose shakily with André's help. He stumbled and Jade stepped forward to support him, watching as he wiped his eyes and yawned loudly, leaning into her hand as she brushed back his hair.

Mr Sikowitz suddenly brightened, inspired by the display he was witnessing, his face pulled up into a wide grin. Tori and Robbie glanced at each other before the latter timidly questioned their teacher's change in demeanor.

Cat was too busy enthralled with a pretty bird sitting on the window pane to take part in any sequence of events.

"I've got it! I know what we'll do!" Mr Sikowitz exclaimed, grasping Tori and Robbie's shoulders tightly and laughing at his own success. After a few seconds without further explanation, Tori butt in with a vaguely harsh, 'care to elaborate?' and Sikowitz let go of them, startled, before grinning again and practically bounding onto their classroom stage.

André moved to bring Cat away from the window and over to Tori and Robbie, while Jade continued to watch (fuss*) over her boyfriend.

(*Again, such actions will forever be denied.)

"I've been inspired!" Sikowitz began, waving his arms around as intense passion overwhelmed his thoughts. Beck and Jade joined the group who stood, in a line, in front of their possibly insane* teacher, the former still groggy and seriously questioning his eye sight if Sikowitz's grin was anything to go by.

(*Possibly insane meaning most definitely insane, although all of his students are completely sure that his class wouldn't be the same if he was normal. The nature of the difference, however, does not need to be elaborated on...)

"I'll write my own play and you six will star in it to make up for your awful behavior today. Beck and Jade will have the leads this time, your actions this morning have given me the greatest idea!" After making a noise that they could only assume was in happiness, Sikowitz began to spin around in circles and was quickly joined by Cat, who didn't want to miss out on the fun.

"Uh, actions? Jade, what actions?"

Jade's eyes narrowed as she continued eyeing her spinning teacher. She spoke slowly, without turning to face Beck, her arms still crossed over her chest and her fists clenching.

"I don't know."

"Well, guys, it was nice to be apart of this little breakfast club," André said with fake cheeriness, beginning to back out of the room, "but I have to meet my songwriting teacher at break, which is now, so I'll see you all later!"

There was a chorus of 'bye's, 'later's, 'yeah, sure's and one 'don't care' before Robbie mumbled something along the same lines and fled along with him. Tori immediately turned to Beck, repeating her earlier question.

"Oh, yeah, sleeping...umm..."

"He's been wearing himself out," Jade cut in, letting Beck remain silent as Tori eyed them both curiously. "He's in A Grade this year and a lead in the performance, and he's been at school every night sorting out his lines."

"He can also hear you."

Jade turned on Beck with a scowl but bit her tongue when he yawned again, looking very much like a little kid*. Instead of yelling at him like she might have liked, she linked their arms and spoke with a little less venom that usual, something that was missed by an exhausted Beck but not by Tori, who was smiling at the sweeter side of Jade that she, nor anyone else, (save maybe Beck) ever got to see.

(*Although Jade commonly seeks pleasure in scaring younger humans until they wet their little pants or run, screaming, to their parents, let it here be said that Jade West was filled with humor and protectiveness whilst seeing her boyfriend looking as young as one of her innocent victims and, instead of inducing fear in his heart, although that seems to be quite impossible where Beck is concerned (Jade could never scare him...), seemed to want to look after and care for him like someone more compassionate would. Things are only impossible until they're not, after all...)

"Come on, we'll ditch the rest of today and you can rest a while longer."

Beck looked at Jade with adorably groggy confusion, but was too tired to question her motives*.

(*Motives which, as hard as it is to believe, were for once completely and utterly pure.)

"Can't..." There was another yawn. "I've got...rehearsal...later..."

Beck seemed to be getting sleepier by the second and after catching Sikowitz's eye, which was quite a feat considering he was spinning around onstage, Jade took both of his hands in hers and let him to the stage steps.

"Then we'll stay in here until later and you can sleep until then."

Sikowitz, who had ceased spinning, nodded the affirmative at Jade's statement, mumbling something about the room being free all day (it was his room after all) and busied himself gathering what he needed to move into the school theatre and begin writing his script, stumbling drunkenly from dizziness as he went.

Tori watched as Jade sat on the step and pulled Beck down until he was lying across it, his head once again resting on her thighs, eyes drooping tiredly as she moved her fingers through his hair in the same manner as before.

With a sigh and a soft smile, Tori turned to Cat, who was still spinning, and she crept up to the stage to stop her friend from moving. Before Cat could say anything she put a finger to her lips and pointed at Beck and Jade, indicating that they should be silent, and together they crept* silently out of the room.

(*Cat's creeping was far more dramatic than Tori's, as you would expect when the former is in question. Sikowitz would be ever so proud.)

As Tori closed the door behind her, noticing that Sikowitz had retreated out the window, (again) she watched as Jade leant down and placed a small kiss on her slumbering boyfriend's forehead, who sighing contently and snuggled further into his human pillow.

The door closed, and Beck and Jade were left in peace.